Chapter 481 The drama "The Night Before Dawn" was performed, the judges in the audience(1/2)
"The Night Before Dawn" is a very classic drama, in which there is a character who needs to be sung.
Dramas are not musicals and rarely require singing, but occasionally they do.
There is a character named "Chun Sheng" in "The Night Before Dawn", who needs to sing a song in the middle, and the difficulty is not low.
If it is a drama troupe with relatively low requirements, this part of singing will usually be completed by playing music.
After all, drama actors may not be able to sing well.
If you don't sing well, you might as well just play music.
However, the plays arranged by the National Theater require real singing for the role of "Chun Sheng".
The actor who played the role of "Chun Sheng" lost his voice due to illness and was unable to perform.
That's why Yan Lan suggested finding Fang to wake up and try.
Fang Xing is already very familiar with the veteran artists of the National Theater, and it can be said that they hit it off when rehearsing the drama.
Starting from this day.
Fang Xing goes to the National Theater to rehearse for three days every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
In the remaining four days, Fang Xing was not idle and practiced by himself at home.
Since I haven’t acted in plays or musicals for a long time, I actually have a bit of a technical itch.
Fang Xing’s stage performance skills are quite solid.
As the saying goes, once the industry takes action, you will know whether it is there or not.
After only one week of rehearsal, the director of "The Night Before Dawn" and other members of the drama troupe were surprised by Fang Xing's performance.
Although I’ve seen Fang Xing’s performance in TV dramas, TV dramas are okay, and you can start over if you laugh out loud.
Drama is different. Once a mistake is made on stage, it will be a performance accident.
However, Fang Xing's stage performance skills are quite solid. Even if unexpected situations occasionally arise, he can react quickly and carry out the performance smoothly.
If you are not very familiar with this stage play, you will not be able to tell that there was a flaw just now.
The role of "Chun Sheng" has a B-actor named Zheng Feipeng.
In a play, a character will have A, B actors, and occasionally even C actors.
The actors in roles A and B actually play the same role.
Because plays and musicals are all live performances, they are not recorded broadcasts.
Therefore, when performing, every role must be in place.
However, it is inevitable that actors will be sick, have emergencies, and be unable to appear on stage.
At this time, if the actor in role A cannot be on the scene, he will play role B.
In fact, although Zheng Feipeng is a B character, he played the "Chunsheng" role very well. After all, he is an actor from the National Theater and has solid basic skills.
The actor in the A role was ill and unable to perform, but for Zheng Feipeng, it was actually an opportunity to perform.
Fang Xing came down by air. In a sense, he took Zheng Feipeng's position.
However, Fang Xing and Zheng Feipeng get along very well.
Because Fang Xing is not an actor at the National Theater after all, even if he participated in the performance of "The Night Before Dawn", he would only be an occasional actor at most, and he could not always occupy the A role.
Secondly, Fang Xing’s identity is not only an actor, but also a director.
Moreover, there has long been a saying in the entertainment industry that as long as you can play Fang Xing's role, even a tethered dog can become famous.
Zheng Feipeng thought very clearly. Fang Xing would not perform with the group all the time. Instead, he would have a good relationship with Fang Xing, and his future would be bright.
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After two weeks of rehearsal, Fang Xing was basically able to reach the level of performance.
However, Fang Xing was not in a hurry and continued to rehearse with the drama troupe every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday according to his schedule.
After four weeks of rehearsals, the first performance of "The Night Before Dawn" this year is very close.
Director Lu Weixiang arranged a quiz to determine who would play the role of "Chun Sheng" in the first performance of "The Night Before Dawn" this year.
During the quiz, Zheng Feipeng didn't let his guard down, he showed his usual training level and performed very well.
Fang Xing is not a vegetarian either. He does not fall behind in performance and wins in singing.
After all, he is a vocal music major, so the difference is immediately apparent as soon as he opens his mouth.
After watching it, director Lu Weixiang commented: "The performances are all good, but the difference lies in the singing, so Fang Xing will perform the performance the day after tomorrow. Xiao Zheng, do you have any objections?"
Zheng Feipeng replied sincerely: "No objection, I can't say enough about Teacher Fang Xing's singing, I admire it very much."
"That's it, the last rehearsal tomorrow, the performance the day after tomorrow, and disbandment." Lu Weixiang arranged his work schedule for the next two days.
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Two days later.
The play "The Night Before Dawn" was officially performed at the Capital Theater.
The Capital Theater can be said to be the most representative theater in China. Its simple, solemn and magnificent architecture is enough to be recorded in the history of world architecture.
An actor who has never acted in "The Night Before Dawn" will be in such an important theater as soon as he comes on stage.
If it had been anyone else, they might have been so nervous that they were shaking all over.
In fact, Fang Xing was a little nervous. He had seen many big scenes before, so he was not nervous enough to affect his mentality.
Moreover, moderate tension can actually help you perform better.
Director Lu Weixiang also knew that it was Fang Xing's first time performing a play in such a large theater, so he came over to take a look before the show started: "Is it okay?"
Fang Xing took a breath and replied, "No problem."
"Is it a heavy psychological burden to perform in such a big theater for the first time?" Lu Weixiang asked again.
"Fortunately, everyone has a first time." Fang Xing smiled.
Lu Weixiang frowned and said, "Why do I feel that you are not very nervous?"
"Actually, I'm nervous. It's good to be moderately nervous." Fang Xing exhaled again, but it could be seen that he was very "moderately" nervous.
Lu Weixiang didn't find it strange when he thought about it. The young man in front of him had already directed and acted in several popular TV series, and had also appeared in the Spring Festival Gala and even the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The scene was no smaller than tonight's performance at the Capital Theater.
Thinking this way, he felt relieved.
"There are many old artists coming to watch tonight, let's perform well." Lu Weixiang encouraged.
"Okay, no problem." Fang Xing clenched his fist and agreed.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, the performance of "The Night Before Dawn" officially began.
Yan Lan was the first to appear, using performances and monologues to explain the background of the story.
"The Night Before Dawn" tells the story of a soldier of our party who was injured during the anti-aggression war in the last century, evaded capture by the enemy, and hid in a village called Shanghe Village.
"Myolie" played by Yan Lan and "Chunsheng" played by Fang Xing are childhood sweethearts who grew up together in Shanghe Village.
In order to help our party's soldiers and avoid enemy pursuit.
"Myolie" and "Chunsheng" hid our party soldiers in a cave on the mountain.
It was a cold night, and the enemies outside were hunting again.
Our soldiers hiding in the cave have been without food for two days.
"Chunsheng" took advantage of the opportunity to go up the mountain to deliver food and water, while "Xing'er" stayed at home, waiting anxiously.
The plot unfolds from here.
At the end of the story, in order to cover the evacuation of our party's soldiers, "Chun Sheng" used himself as a bait to lure away the hunting enemies.
Our party's soldiers successfully evacuated.
Gunshots were heard in the dark night.
The dawn of dawn lit up in the east, but "Myolie" did not wait for "Chunsheng" to come back.
"Myolie" ran to the river, looked at the blood floating down the river, covered her face and cried.
The audience at the scene cried heartbrokenly, and many even wiped the corners of their eyes.
Just then.
"Hey! Sister, don't be in a hurry to wipe away your tears..."
A folk song sounded from the other side of the river. It was the song of "Spring Life".
"Myolie" played by Yan Lan suddenly stood up and looked across the river, the expression on her face slowly changed from despair to joy.
The drama ends here.
When the curtain opened again, all the actors of "The Night Before Dawn" took the stage for the curtain call.
To be continued...